diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/announce_validator.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/announce_validator.ex
index 082fdea4d..40f861f47 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/announce_validator.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/announce_validator.ex
@@ -5,12 +5,17 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ObjectValidators.AnnounceValidator do
   use Ecto.Schema
 
+  alias Pleroma.Object
+  alias Pleroma.User
   alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ObjectValidators.Types
   alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Utils
+  alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Visibility
 
   import Ecto.Changeset
   import Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ObjectValidators.CommonValidations
 
+  require Pleroma.Constants
+
   @primary_key false
 
   embedded_schema do
@@ -52,6 +57,33 @@ def validate_data(data_cng) do
     |> validate_actor_presence()
     |> validate_object_presence()
     |> validate_existing_announce()
+    |> validate_announcable()
+  end
+
+  def validate_announcable(cng) do
+    with actor when is_binary(actor) <- get_field(cng, :actor),
+         object when is_binary(object) <- get_field(cng, :object),
+         %User{} = actor <- User.get_cached_by_ap_id(actor),
+         %Object{} = object <- Object.get_cached_by_ap_id(object),
+         false <- Visibility.is_public?(object) do
+      same_actor = object.data["actor"] == actor.ap_id
+      is_public = Pleroma.Constants.as_public() in (get_field(cng, :to) ++ get_field(cng, :cc))
+
+      cond do
+        same_actor && is_public ->
+          cng
+          |> add_error(:actor, "can not announce this object publicly")
+
+        !same_actor ->
+          cng
+          |> add_error(:actor, "can not announce this object")
+
+        true ->
+          cng
+      end
+    else
+      _ -> cng
+    end
   end
 
   def validate_existing_announce(cng) do
diff --git a/test/web/activity_pub/object_validator_test.exs b/test/web/activity_pub/object_validator_test.exs
index e24e0f913..84e5edd05 100644
--- a/test/web/activity_pub/object_validator_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/activity_pub/object_validator_test.exs
@@ -342,5 +342,34 @@ test "returns an error if the actor already announced the object", %{
       assert {:actor, {"already announced this object", []}} in cng.errors
       assert {:object, {"already announced by this actor", []}} in cng.errors
     end
+
+    test "returns an error if the actor can't announce the object", %{
+      announcer: announcer,
+      user: user
+    } do
+      {:ok, post_activity} =
+        CommonAPI.post(user, %{status: "a secret post", visibility: "private"})
+
+      object = Object.normalize(post_activity, false)
+
+      # Another user can't announce it
+      {:ok, announce, []} = Builder.announce(announcer, object, public: false)
+
+      {:error, cng} = ObjectValidator.validate(announce, [])
+
+      assert {:actor, {"can not announce this object", []}} in cng.errors
+
+      # The actor of the object can announce it
+      {:ok, announce, []} = Builder.announce(user, object, public: false)
+
+      assert {:ok, _, _} = ObjectValidator.validate(announce, [])
+
+      # The actor of the object can not announce it publicly 
+      {:ok, announce, []} = Builder.announce(user, object, public: true)
+
+      {:error, cng} = ObjectValidator.validate(announce, [])
+
+      assert {:actor, {"can not announce this object publicly", []}} in cng.errors
+    end
   end
 end